Technology

Americans' Opinions Are Divided Over Whether Apple Should Unlock Shooter's Phone

7:10am February 22, 2016

by Frank Morris

The FBI and Apple are sparring over the agency's request that Apple help it unlock the cell phone of a terrorist. iPhone users have differing views on who's right.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an event at Apple's headquarters Oct. 16, 2014 in Cupertino, California.

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Confronting Homogeneity In Apple's Boardroom

7:30pm February 21, 2016

by NPR Staff

Antonio Maldonado wants Apple to increase diversity among its senior executives, and he's taking his fight to the shareholders meeting on Feb. 26.

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World News

Canadians Left With Questions After Being Barred From 'Jeopardy!'

3:33pm February 21, 2016

by Bill Chappell

For a show whose host has dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship, a new policy prompts criticism — and jokes — north of the border.

National

It's Not Just The iPhone Law Enforcement Wants To Unlock

7:59am February 21, 2016

Manhattan Defense Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. tells NPR's Rachel Martin that his cyberlab has asked Apple to break into 175 phones.

Expensive Journals Drive Academics To Break Copyright Law

11:02am February 20, 2016

A new pirate website called Sci-Hub allows free access to academic journals behind paywalls. Heather Joseph, an advocate for legal open access, explains the situation to Linda Wertheimer.

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National

Apple-Justice Department Battle Pits Privacy Against National Security

8:25am February 20, 2016

Apple and the Department of Justice are in a battle of wills over access to a San Bernardino shooter's cell phone.

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DOJ Lays Out Its Legal Case For Why Apple Should Help Crack An iPhone

8:18pm February 19, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

The U.S. government says Apple's refusal to help investigators access data on a San Bernardino shooter's phone is guided by brand and business concerns. A hearing date has been set in California.

A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by one of the two shooters in the San Bernardino attack in December.

National

Can A 1789 Law Apply To An iPhone?

7:56pm February 19, 2016

by Laura Sydell

The All Writs Act of 1789 was cited by a federal magistrate in ordering Apple to unlock an iPhone.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on Feb. 5.

Julian Assange Says Lengthy Embassy Stay Has Sharpened His Perspective On The World

6:32pm February 19, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The founder of WikiLeaks talks about what it's like to be confined to a building for more than three years. He says he misses nothing from the outside world, apart from his children and his mother.

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A man walks outside the Apple store on the Fifth Avenue in New York on Wednesday.

Trump Calls For Apple Boycott, But Lawmakers Don't See Clear Path In iPhone Case

5:44pm February 19, 2016

by Brian Naylor

Whatever Congress might come up with would certainly be controversial — and this is an election year. That hasn't stopped some lawmakers from taking sides in the privacy vs. national security debate.